American Folk Art Museum
2 Lincoln Square
Mailing: 1414 Avenue of The Americas
New York City, NY 10023
Mailing: 1414 Avenue of The Americas
New York City, NY 10023
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Museums page for Purvis Young ((1943 - 2010)), known for Mod naive urban views, installation. Showing 12 museum collections and exhibitions.
Purvis Young MUSEUMS
1943 Liberty City, Florida - 2010 Miami, Florida. Known for: Mod naive urban views, installation.
The work of the urban black vernacular artist, Purvis Young, has roots in the dreamy fields of high art subject matter-evoking Picasso in its riders, its elegant horses, its nudes. At the same time... Read full biography
The work of the urban black vernacular artist, Purvis Young, has roots in the dreamy fields of high art subject matter-evoking Picasso in its riders, its elegant horses, its nudes. At the same time it is filled with the energy and syncretism of the world's vanguard-American urban Black culture. It... Read full biography
The work of the urban black vernacular artist, Purvis Young, has roots in the dreamy fields of high art subject matter-evoking Picasso in its riders, its elegant horses, its nudes. At the same time it is filled with the energy and syncretism of the world's vanguard-American urban Black culture. It is to "outsider art" what be bop is to the blues. The subject matter rides on a thick layer of color, attention, choice, free-swinging composition that refers to a thousand years of composition before... Read full biography
The work of the urban black vernacular artist, Purvis Young, has roots in the dreamy fields of high art subject matter-evoking Picasso in its riders, its elegant horses, its nudes. At the same time it is filled with the energy and syncretism of the world's vanguard-American urban Black culture. It is to "outsider art" what be bop is to the blues. The subject matter rides on a thick layer of color, attention, choice, free-swinging composition that refers to a thousand years of composition before it. Young lives and works in Overtown, a neighborhood in Miami cut off by the highway overpasses that loom over it. He is "of the community, but is also, now, of the larger art world as well." He has researched art history avidly and has seen what... Read full biography
The work of the urban black vernacular artist, Purvis Young, has roots in the dreamy fields of high art subject matter-evoking Picasso in its riders, its elegant horses, its nudes. At the same time it is filled with the energy and syncretism of the world's vanguard-American urban Black culture. It is to "outsider art" what be bop is to the blues. The subject matter rides on a thick layer of color, attention, choice, free-swinging composition that refers to a thousand years of composition before it. Young lives and works in Overtown, a neighborhood in Miami cut off by the highway overpasses that loom over it. He is "of the community, but is also, now, of the larger art world as well." He has researched art history avidly and has seen what other artists have done, spending years in the libraries that have supported his work. He has chosen... Read full biography
Purvis Young - Artist Info
About Purvis Young: Museums & Collections
Museums & Collections (12)
All MuseumsBirmingham Museum of Art
2000 Rev. Abraham Woods, Jr. Blvd.
Birmingham, AL 35203Boca Raton Museum of Art
Mizner Park
501 Plaza Real
Boca Raton, FL 33432Gadsden Arts Center
13 North Madison
Quincy, FL 32351Lowe Art Museum, University of Miami
University of Miami
1301 Stanford Drive
Coral Gables, FL 33146National Museum of American Art-Smithsonian
8th and G Streets NW
Washington, DC 20004New Orleans Museum of Art
One Collins Diboll Circle, City Park
P.O. Box 19123
New Orleans, LA 70124Springfield Museum of Art
107 Cliff Park Road
Springfield, OH 45501Studio Museum in Harlem
144 West 125th Street
New York City, NY 10027The Bass Museum of Art
2121 Park Avenue
Miami Beach, FL 33139The Johnson Collection
100 Dunbar Street, Suite 203
Spartanburg, SC 29306The Newark Museum of Art
49 Washington Street
Newark, NJ 07102